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Tax Policy and National Saving in the United States: A Survey

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  • Bovenberg, A. Lans

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Surveys how tax policy affects the level and allocation of national saving in the U.S. Argues that the effect of taxes on the overall private saving level is relatively small and uncertain and that raising public saving is the most direct and efficient way to raise national saving.

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  • Bovenberg, A. Lans, 1989. "Tax Policy and National Saving in the United States: A Survey," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 42(2), pages 123-138, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:42:y:1989:i:2:p:123-38
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41788783
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    1. Orazio P. Attanasio & Thomas C. DeLeire, 1994. "IRAs and Household Saving Revisited: Some New Evidence," NBER Working Papers 4900, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Joulfaian, David & Mackie, James B. III, 1992. "Sales Taxes, Investment, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 45(1), pages 89-105, March.
    3. Steven F. Venti & David A. Wise, 1992. "Government Policy and Personal Retirement Saving," NBER Chapters, in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 6, pages 1-42, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Jonathan Skinner & Daniel Feenberg, 1990. "The Impact of the 1986 Tax Reform Act on Personal Saving," NBER Working Papers 3257, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Jane G. Gravelle, 1991. "Do Individual Retirement Accounts Increase Savings?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 5(2), pages 133-148, Spring.
    6. Jonathan Skinner, 1991. "Individual Retirement Accounts: A Review of the Evidence," NBER Working Papers 3938, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Hochgürtel, S. & Alessie, R.J.M. & van Soest, A.H.O., 1997. "Savings accounts vs. stocks and bonds in household portfolio allocation," Other publications TiSEM 0839bf0f-307e-4016-acc1-d, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    8. Joulfaian, David & Mackie, James B. III, 1992. "Sales Taxes, Investment, and the Tax Reform Act of 1986," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association, vol. 45(1), pages 89-105, March.
    9. Savaş ÇEVİK, 2015. "Domestic Saving and Tax Structure: Evidence from Turkey," Sosyoekonomi Journal, Sosyoekonomi Society, issue 23(23).
    10. Barry Bosworth & Gary Burtless, 1992. "Effects of Tax Reform on Labor Supply, Investment, and Saving," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 6(1), pages 3-25, Winter.

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